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to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling

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to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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mere child's play

2

saw; musical saw

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collarbone; clavicle

3

cutting in two under train wheels

1

lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

1

melon; gourd

1

blood vessel; blood relationship

1

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

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slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

2

red (color, colour)

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protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

2

arrogance

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embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

3

(arch.) to push aside; (arch.) to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; to push open

1

solely; entirely; only; or

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

4

kitten; small cat

1

to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

1

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

freezing; freezing over

2

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

4

fatal wound

4

slight wound; minor wound

2

counterattack

1

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

3

self-conceit; pride

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

10

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

2

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

6

invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

2

throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock

1

impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking

5

each time it happens; at all such times

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

to leap back; to jump back

4

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

opposite side; other side

1

whale (Cetacea spp.)

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standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

2

fatal

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hair's breadth

2

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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